diff -Naur surf-2.1/surf.c surf-2.1.patched/surf.c
--- surf-2.1/surf.c	2021-05-09 18:34:33.000000000 -0400
+++ surf-2.1.patched/surf.c	2021-10-20 02:55:17.426198883 -0400
@@ -2117,7 +2117,7 @@
 	if (argc > 0)
 		arg.v = argv[0];
 	else
-		arg.v = "about:blank";
+		arg.v = "@HOMEPAGE@";
 
 	setup();
 	c = newclient(NULL);
